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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2011

Transient expression of Mnb/Dyrk1a couples cell cycle exit and differentiation of neuronal precursors by inducing p27KIP1 expression and suppressing NOTCH signaling.

Barbara Hämmerle, Edgar Ulin, Jordi Guimera, Walter Becker, François Guillemot, Francisco J Tejedor

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Barbara HämmerleInstituto de Neurociencias, CSIC and Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante 03550, Spain.
Edgar Ulin
Jordi Guimera
Walter Becker
François Guillemot
Francisco J Tejedor
RWTH Aachen University · DE

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U117570528Medical Research Council U117570528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The decision of a neural precursor to stop dividing and begin its terminal differentiation at the correct place, and at the right time, is a crucial step in the generation of cell diversity in the nervous system. Here, we show that the Down's syndrome candidate gene (Mnb/Dyrk1a) is transiently expressed in prospective neurons of vertebrate CNS neuroepithelia. The gain of function (GoF) of Mnb/Dyrk1a induced proliferation arrest. Conversely, its loss of function (LoF) caused over proliferation and cell death. We found that MNB/DYRK1A is both necessary and sufficient to upregulate, at transcriptional level, the expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(KIP1) in the embryonic chick spinal cord and mouse telencephalon, supporting a regulatory role for MNB/DYRK1A in cell cycle exit of vertebrate CNS neurons. All these actions required the kinase activity of MNB/DYRK1A. We also observed that MNB/DYRK1A is co-expressed with the NOTCH ligand Delta1 in single neuronal precursors. Furthermore, we found that MNB/DYRK1A suppressed NOTCH signaling, counteracted the pro-proliferative action of the NOTCH intracellular domain (NICD), stimulated Delta1 expression and was required for the neuronal differentiation induced by the decrease in NOTCH signaling. Nevertheless, although Mnb/Dyrk1a GoF led to extensive withdrawal of neuronal precursors from the cell cycle, it was insufficient to elicit their differentiation. Remarkably, a transient (ON/OFF) Mnb/Dyrk1a GoF efficiently induced neuronal differentiation. We propose that the transient expression of MNB/DYRK1A in neuronal precursors acts as a binary switch, coupling the end of proliferation and the initiation of neuronal differentiation by upregulating p27KIP1 expression and suppressing NOTCH signaling.

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Cell CycleCell DifferentiationSignal TransductionAnimalsChickensCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27Drosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsDyrk KinasesNeural Stem CellsPC12 CellsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesRatsReceptors, NotchTranscriptional ActivationCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27Drosophila ProteinsDyrk Kinasesmnb protein, DrosophilaProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, Notch

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PMID21610031
PMCPMC3100710
OpenAlexW2060241396

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